Huntsville Web Designs (256) 402-9868

Web design in Madison, AL

Websites and local search for Madison contractors, offices, shops and makers, from a shop on the Huntsville courthouse square.

Madison and the Huntsville-area searches

Madison sits just west of Huntsville, straddling Madison and Limestone counties, and for a business there the search picture is different from a town on its own. A customer in Madison who searches for a plumber, a dentist or a cabinet shop sees results drawn from the whole Huntsville area, and a business in Madison shows in searches from Huntsville too. That cuts both ways: more people can find you, and more businesses are competing to be found.

What that means for the site

Two things carry the weight. The first is the Google Business Profile, because the map results are what most people tap on a phone, and the profile has to say Madison, show the right hours and carry real photos of the business. The second is a site that names the places you work: Madison itself, and the parts of Huntsville and Limestone County you drive to. A site that only says "serving the Huntsville area" tells a Madison customer nothing.

The kinds of businesses we build for

Contractors and home-service trades that work from Madison across the area; professional offices with one location and a set of services that each deserve a page; shops and makers who need hours, directions and what they sell on the first screen. A standard five-page site starts at $2,450; a full site with a page for each service starts at $3,400. Local SEO on the profile and listings is from $500 a month. The price is in writing before anything starts.

Photo: downtown Madison by Republic of Selmaria, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Historic brick storefronts on Main Street in downtown Madison

Where we would start

For a Madison business with no site, the site first, with the Business Profile linked. For one with a site that works on a phone but is not showing in the map, the profile and listings first. We sort out which on the call, and nothing starts until the price is in writing.

An electrician site concept for Madison

Chase Creek Electric is a design concept: a residential electrician's site for Madison. It is not client work, and the business is made up. We built it the way we build for clients, to show what a trade site for this area looks like when it is done properly.

It has a page for each kind of work, panel upgrades, EV chargers and lighting, so each can be found on its own search. The towns it serves are named on the site rather than hidden behind "the Huntsville area." The phone number is tappable at the top of every page, the form goes to the owner's inbox, and the information a customer checks before calling an electrician is on every page. You can open it from the design concepts on the Services page.

Common questions

Will my site show up in Huntsville-area searches?

A Madison business is part of the Huntsville-area results, and the site and profile are built to say plainly where you are and where you work. No ranking is guaranteed, though: results depend on your market, your competition and your reviews. Google does not verify or endorse these services.

Should I start with the site or the Business Profile?

If you have no site, or one that does not work on a phone, the site first, with the profile linked to it. If the site is fine and the problem is the map, the profile and listings first. Tell us what you have on the call and we will say which.

Do we have to come to the office?

No. The build runs by phone, shared screen and email: the first call, your notes and photos, the review of the draft and the walkthrough before launch. Our office is on the courthouse square in downtown Huntsville, and the hours are on the Contact page.

Get a price for your site

Tell us about your Madison business and what you need the site to do. You get the price in writing before anything starts.

Get a price for your site Call (256) 402-9868